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he married Olivia, who worked at the Avonlea General Store...and he's the one who invented the "Magic Lantern" (camera) (supposedly...)
ahh. i think maybe they left that part out of the books. i never saw the Avonlea TV series, just the Anne miniseries (the first 2 were great, but the third one - yikes! what were they thinking?)
There is actually an Avonlea Village tourist attraction on PEI now - supposed to be - i think - kind of a colonial williamsburg type place, but it was woefully underpopulated when we visited.
